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Peyronie's disease

/ˈpɛɹəniːz dɪˈziːz/

Peyronie's disease noun: a connective tissue disorder involving the growth of fibrous plaques in the soft tissue of the penis, causing abnormal curvature.

Noun

Peyronie's disease (uncountable)

  1. A connective tissue disorder involving the growth of fibrous plaques in the soft tissue of the penis, causing abnormal curvature.
    • Blomqvist is another blogger, poster and all-round cyber-macher, whose right-angled penis (a function of a weird condition known as Peyronie’s disease) has made him – in his own mind at least – a hot erotic property.2015, Will Self, ‘Man-Eating Philosophers’, London Review of Books, volume 37, number 12
    Synonyms:
    induratio penis plastica

Synonyms of Peyronie's disease

  • induratio penis plastica

Origin of Peyronie's disease

Named after the French surgeon François Gigot de la Peyronie (1678–1747).

Questions about Peyronie's disease

What does Peyronie's disease mean?
Peyronie's disease means a connective tissue disorder involving the growth of fibrous plaques in the soft tissue of the penis, causing abnormal curvature.
What part of speech is Peyronie's disease?
Peyronie's disease is a noun.
How do you pronounce Peyronie's disease?
Peyronie's disease is pronounced /ˈpɛɹəniːz dɪˈziːz/.

Words near Peyronie's disease in the dictionary

  1. peyotist
  2. peyotists
  3. peyotl
  4. Peyraud
  5. Peyrehorade
  6. Peyronie's disease
  7. peyssonol A
  8. peyssonol B
  9. Peyton
  10. Peytons
  11. peytral

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